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Highway official: Boston traffic at pre-pandemic levels
Jun. 21, 2021 09:35 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic hit Massachusetts in March 2020, the Boston area’s notoriously frustrating traffic dried up as many people started...
Use of ride hailing plummeted in Massachusetts in 2020
Jun. 14, 2021 06:49 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The use of ride hailing services plummeted in Massachusetts in 2020 as the pandemic shuttered businesses and forced many to work from home.
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Many Americans moved to less pricey housing markets in 2020
By Alex Veiga Jun. 10, 2021 01:39 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many Americans who moved last year relocated to areas where homes were, on average, bigger and less expensive.
On...
Montana employees working remote will head back to worksites
Jun. 01, 2021 12:50 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana state employees who have been working remotely because of the pandemic will begin returning to their worksites this month and...
Senate passes 3 virus bills, some vaccination sites to close
By Holly Ramer And Kathy Mccormack May. 27, 2021 10:19 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill aimed at curtailing the governor’s authority during future pandemics or other emergencies has cleared the state Senate.
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Editorial Roundup: U.S.
By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
May 19
The Boston Globe on U.S. aid to Israel should...

Downtown stores, businesses await their customers' return
By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 17, 2021 08:07 AM EDT
North Dakota's most costly leased building largely unused
By James Macpherson May. 13, 2021 04:27 PM EDT
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $3 million in rent over the next two years for unused office space for a state agency...

Governor: Kansas agencies resuming normal operations in June
By John Hanna May. 12, 2021 03:24 PM EDT

EXPLAINER: Did US hiring slow because of a ‘labor shortage’?
By Christopher Rugaber May. 08, 2021 10:43 AM EDT
Many Las Cruces municipal employees back to in-person work
May. 08, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Many municipal employees of New Mexico's second most populous city who have worked remotely during the pandemic are back at their...

Study: Residents left big metros during pandemic for family
By Mike Schneider May. 06, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

Study: Residents left big metros during pandemic for family
By Mike Schneider May. 06, 2021 12:50 PM EDT
Parson orders Missouri state workers back to the office
May. 05, 2021 10:05 AM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has directed all state employees to return to in-person work in the office by May 17, after many spent...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Scranton Times-Tribune. May 3, 2021.
Editorial: Pass Yaw bill to help farms get greener
Pennsylvania has fallen far...
New Hampshire state workers to return to offices by May 10
By Holly Ramer Apr. 29, 2021 05:01 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — State government employees who have been working from home during the coronavirus pandemic will be back in their offices by May 10, Gov....